Broward County is a county in Florida,United States,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is a town in Broward County,Florida,United States,situated 33 miles north of Miami. The town is part of the South Florida metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population was 6,198.
Lighthouse Point,officially the City of Lighthouse Point,is a suburb of Fort Lauderdale located in Broward County,Florida,United States. The suburb was named for the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse,which is located in nearby Hillsboro Beach. The city is a part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population of Lighthouse Point was 10,486.
Plantation is a city in Broward County,Florida,United States. It is a part of the South Florida metropolitan area. The city's name comes from the previous part-owner of the land,the Everglades Plantation Company,and their unsuccessful attempts to establish a rice plantation in the area. As of the 2020 U.S. census,the population was 91,750.
Pompano Beach is a city in Broward County,Florida,United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean,just north of Fort Lauderdale and 36 miles north of Miami. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area,which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 census,the population was 112,046,making it the sixth-largest city in Broward County,the ninth-largest city in the South Florida metropolitan area,and the 20th-largest city in Florida.
The Sun Sentinel is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale,Florida,and Broward County,and covers Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and state-wide news,as well. It is the 4th largest-circulation newspaper in Florida. Paul Pham has held the position of general manager since November 2020,and Julie Anderson has held the position of editor-in-chief since February 2018.
Deerfield Beach High School (DBHS) is a public high school in Deerfield Beach,Florida. It is part of the Broward School District and has an enrollment of approximately 2,400.
Walter G. "Skip" Campbell Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 1996 to 2006. Later,he served as the mayor of Coral Springs,Florida,from 2014 until his death.
Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium was a stadium in Pompano Beach,Florida primarily used for professional and amateur baseball from 1957 until its demolition in 2008. The ballpark was dedicated on March 22,1957,and held 4,500 people. The stadium was the home of the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers at spring training from 1961 until 1986,multiple minor league clubs,and the Pompano Beach High School baseball team.
Pompano Beach High School is a college-preparatory school located in Pompano Beach,Florida,which instructs grades 9 through 12.
Kenneth C. Jenne II is a former Democratic member of the Florida State Senate and a former sheriff of Broward County,which encompasses Fort Lauderdale. He resigned as sheriff in September 2007,after having pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud. On November 16,2007,he was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
Edward John Stack was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida.
James W. Waldman is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 95th District from 2006 to 2012,and representing the 96th District,which included Coconut Creek,Margate,and Parkland in northeastern Broward County,from 2012 to 2014.
Coconut Creek High School is a high school located in Coconut Creek,Florida,which teaches grades 9–12. Coconut Creek High serves:southern Coconut Creek,and parts of Margate,North Lauderdale,and Pompano Beach. The school is a part of the Broward County School District. It opened in 1970.
Jeremy Ring is an American Democratic politician and former tech startup executive from Florida. He served in the Florida Senate from 2006 to 2016,representing parts of Broward County. He was the Democratic nominee for Chief Financial Officer of Florida in the 2018 election.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2023 and from 2013 to 2017 and Florida’s 21st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. As a member of the Democratic Party,Frankel was a 7-term member of the Florida House of Representatives and a two-term mayor of West Palm Beach.
Barbara Muhammad Sharief is an American politician and nurse. Serving as a Broward County commissioner from 2010 to 2021,she was appointed mayor from 2013 to 2014,and again from 2016 to 2017. She is the county's first African-American female and Muslim mayor. Sharief is also a former Miramar city commissioner and vice mayor. In September 2022,she announced her candidacy for Florida's 35th Senate District and on August 20,2024 she won the Democratic primary with 46% of the vote becoming the virtual Senator-Elect.
South Florida Chamber Maps is a Broward County,Florida print and digital map company. Started in 2011,the company first printed humorous cartoon style maps that showed fun,local things to do in specific Broward County towns and cities including Weston,Coral Springs,Plantation,Pompano Beach,Lauderdale-By-The-Sea and Deerfield Beach. The guides are produced in collaboration with each city's chamber of commerce in order to lend credibility and accuracy to the projects. The maps are considered to be an important part of the northern Broward communities efforts to build regional tourism.
Dean J. Trantalis is an American politician and mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Before his election as mayor,Trantalis served as a city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale from 2009 to 2017.
Timothy "Chaz" Stevens is an American political activist,artist,software developer,and entrepreneur from Florida. He is active in local politics in Broward County,and has gained national notoriety for his colorful statewide and national advocacy for the separation of church and state. His local political activity has led to charges being filed against,and the decrease in popularity of,several local politicians,including two mayors and a former mayor of his hometown,Deerfield Beach,Florida. He was appointed twice to the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority board by one of the mayors he criticized. His activism for the removal of religion from government has included placing Festivus poles in multiple Florida cities and six U.S. state capitols to contrast with holiday season religious displays on government property,and requests to deliver Satanic invocations when government meetings allow prayer or other religious invocations. In many cases this has led to the government agencies removing the targeted religious activities. His activism is always satirical,sometimes artistic,and often obscene or profane.
